Puzzle 2007 — top best games in the Puzzle genre

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adult game

October 29, 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Manhunt 2 is a continuation of the scandalous action game with a third-person view and horror elements. During secret laboratory tests, a fatal mistake occurred...

Portal

Action, Platformer, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Science fiction

October 10, 2007

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

A first-person puzzle game set in the mysterious laboratories of Aperture Science. In Portal, the player solves physics-based puzzles and overcomes challenges by...

Resident Evil 2 (1998)

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival horror

January 21, 1998

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This third-person survival horror game is set in Raccoon City during an outbreak of the T-virus, a mutagenic toxin developed for biological weapons. The player...

Zuma Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

December 8, 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the frog, you need...

Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time

Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Legend of Zelda

November 21, 1998

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 99/100

A fantasy adventure about young Link, who sets out to restore Hyrule after Ganondorf turns the land into a wasteland. To undo the consequences of his actions, Link...

Psychonauts

Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Comedy, Adventure

April 19, 2005

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 87/100

Psychonauts is an action-adventure platformer with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The plot follows a young special agent named Raz, who learns to use his...

Silent Hill 3

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Survival

May 23, 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

The game is a direct continuation of the first Silent Hill and tells about the already matured Heather, who finds herself in a heap of incredible events. In an...

Arx Fatalis

Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

June 28, 2002

Players: 9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Arx Fatalis is an action-adventure RPG with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will take you to the wonderful world of Arx, where the main character...

Legacy of Kain: Defiance

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Slasher

November 11, 2003

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person fantasy action-adventure follows two vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. They travel through a world...

Paradise (2006)

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 21, 2006

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 57/100

Paradise (2006) - an exciting point and click adventure with lots of puzzles from the creators of the Syberia series. The events of the game will take you to the...

Longest Journey

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Cyberpunk, Point & Click

December 3, 1999

Players: 10/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 91/100

Longest Journey is a stunning graphic adventure where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes. Begin an exciting...

Prey 2006

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle

July 11, 2006

Players: 8/10

Prey is an adventure shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. The events of the game will tell the story of a young mechanic, Tommy, from the Cherokee...

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure

May 18, 2001

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This third-person survival horror adventure follows supernatural detective Edward Carnby as he investigates a murder on Shadow Island. After his friend Charles...

Luxor 2

Arcade, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

October 10, 2006

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 49/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Set among the pyramids of ancient Egypt, this arcade puzzle game spans 88 levels. The player controls a winged scarab, firing at approaching magical spheres and...

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones

Action, Slasher, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Parkour

December 1, 2005

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones is a continuation of the dynamic action slasher with a third-person view, which is the third part of The Sands of Time series...

Steam

Arcade, Action, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 2, 2007

Players: 6.6/10

Steam is an arcade puzzle game with a third-person view. Tisha is a little girl who loves trains and always getting into trouble. Together with her, you will go on...

Feeding Frenzy

Action, Educational game (Education), Third-person view, Puzzle

March 17, 2004

Metacritic: 65/100

This arcade action game puts the player in control of a fish that hunts smaller sea creatures and evades larger ones. The more it eats, the bigger it grows...

Syberia 2

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

March 29, 2004

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Syberia 2 is a continuation of the exciting point and click adventure with a third-person view. The game will continue the story of Kate Walker, who went on a...

Myst (1993)

Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Point & Click

September 24, 1993

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 43/100

Myst (1993) — point and click adventure puzzle game. You are about to travel to an island world shrouded in mysteries, where every stone, every piece of...

Cave Story

Action, Shooter, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Metroidvania

January 4, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This futuristic action-platformer combines shooting and puzzles with the story of an amnesiac boy who wakes in a dark cave. As he explores the world, he discovers a...

Okami

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

April 20, 2006

Players: 10/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 92/100

Okami — atmospheric adventure action game with a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The game will tell the story of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu...

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Gothic

October 31, 2001

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This gothic fantasy action-adventure with puzzle elements continues the story of Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. Raziel pursues Kain through different eras of...

Grim Fandango

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle

October 1, 1998

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 94/100

Grim Fandango — the action takes place in the afterlife, where the dead complete their journey, arriving in the 9th world. When a person dies, he is taken in...

Peggle

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

February 27, 2007

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Peggle is a fun side-scrolling arcade puzzle game. You have to shoot a limited number of balls at the walls and at the same time you need to hit the multi-colored...

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja

Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

October 30, 2007

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 78/100

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja — There are 2 main modes: fighting and RPG, in which the player completes various missions for the residents of the Konoha village...

Darkness Within: In Pursuit of Loath Nolder

Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click

November 6, 2007

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 52/100

A first-person psychological horror adventure in the Lovecraftian tradition follows a murder investigation that draws a police detective into the occult and a world...

Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Legend of Zelda

November 21, 1991

Players: 9/10

This action-adventure game follows Link on a journey through the fantasy world of Hyrule, where he must defeat the demon king Ganon and rescue the descendants of...

Chicago 1930

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Puzzle

November 17, 2003

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 70/100

A real-time tactical game about a war between the Mafia and the police in 1930s Chicago. Don Falcone seeks control of the city’s districts, while a special task...

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle, Comics

May 2, 2007

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 60/100

This third-person action game based on Marvel comics lets players freely explore New York City as Spider-Man, including its subways, sewers and villains’ lairs...

Beyond Oasis

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Top-down view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure

December 9, 1994

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 100/100

This top-down action-adventure with role-playing elements follows Prince Ali, who uncovers a gold armlet once belonging to a powerful sorcerer. When Ali puts it on...

7 Wonders of the Ancient World

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Casual game

February 23, 2007

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 56/100

This casual puzzle game follows a journey to rebuild the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, beginning at the Great Pyramid of Giza and continuing across ancient...

Eets

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Puzzle, Sandbox, Indie, Casual game

March 27, 2006

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This puzzle platformer combines character movement with physics-based challenges. The player helps Eets overcome obstacles by using objects and interactions in the...

Jack Keane

Adventure, Third-person view, Puzzle, Point & Click, Comedy

August 1, 2007

Steam: 60/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Set in colonial England, this point-and-click adventure follows Captain Jack Keane, who accepts a job transporting a British secret agent to a mysterious island...

Silent Hill: 0rigins

Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

November 6, 2007

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Silent Hill: 0rigins — The main character, trucker Travis Grady, while transporting another load across a deserted highway passing through the small town of...

Metroid Prime: Hunters

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Cyberpunk

March 20, 2006

Metacritic: 85/100

A first-person science-fiction shooter in the Metroid series, Metroid Prime: Hunters pits Samus Aran against six other bounty hunters competing for the title of the...

Lost in Blue 2

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

March 15, 2007

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

This survival adventure follows Jack and Amy, teenagers stranded on a deserted island after their cruise ship sinks. They explore the island, uncover its secrets...

Spider-Man 3 Puzzle

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Comics

July 2007

Players: 10/10

Spider-Man 3 Puzzle is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from developers at Javaground and Sony Online Entertainment Los Angeles. The main publisher of...

Octomania

Arcade, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

August 23, 2007

Metacritic: 66/100

This arcade puzzle game follows Kari, an apprentice magician in the land of Lonronpia. After a spell goes wrong, hundreds of thousands of colorful octopi rain from...

Crayola Treasure Adventures

Puzzle

October 1, 2007

Metacritic: 65/100

This children’s adventure game combines exploration of exotic locations with drawing, coloring, and puzzle-solving. Players travel through varied settings and...

Beowulf: The Game

Action, Third-person view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval

November 13, 2007

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 49/100

Beowulf: The Game — Beowulf is the legendary warrior of the North, in one hand he has the strength of thirty people, nobility and cruelty can hardly coexist...

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Best Games in the Puzzle genre of 2007